Technology as prospective ontology

Synthese

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-422

  Rip, Arie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control; Embodied expectations; Invisible technology; Material narrative; Modulation; Politics; Process ontology; Prospective

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349159122     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9449-9     Document Type: Article

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